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5741 results for: Keyword - Love
We found 3679 matches on Roles/Actors, 2767 matches on Performance Title, 988 matches on Performance Comments, 323 matches on Event Comments, and 99 matches on Author.

51
02 December 1767 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. At 5 went into the Pit to see Love do Kite--like him better than Bransby in that character. End Act II a Pantomime dance by children called the Lilliputian Camp: Adjutant by Miss Rogers. J. Palmer did Bounce in Harlequin's Invasion, but not as well as Bransby. When King runs off in the Dancer's scene, Rooker comes on, jumps, King not being able, having had his thigh-bone broken 2 years ago (Neville MS Diary)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Performance Comment: As17671126, but Kite-Love.
Cast
Role: Kite Actor: Love.
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Love

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

Dance: I: Hearts of Oak, as17671022; II: The Lilliputian Camp-

52
09 April 1768 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Love. Afterpiece: By Particular Desire

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provoked Husband

Cast
Role: Sir Francis Wronghead Actor: Love

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garrat

Performance Comment: Mrs Sneak-Miss Pope (1st time); Major Sturgeon-Love; Sir Jacob Jollup-Baddeley; Jerry Sneak-Weston; Bruin-Moody; Lint-Castle; Heel@Tap-Bransby; Snuffle-Hartry; Roger-Messink; Mob-Strange, Marr, Fox; Mrs Bruin-Miss Reynolds.
Cast
Role: Major Sturgeon Actor: Love

Music: III: Concerto on Harpsichord-Master Love

Dance: End: Hearts of Oak, as17671022

53
21 November 1768 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Benefit for Author of Padlock--"who was author of Love in a Village and Maid of the Mill" (playbill) [i.e., Isaac Bickerstaffe]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband; Or, A Journey To London

Performance Comment: Lord Townly-Barry; Manly-Packer; Basset-Dodd; Sir Francis-Love; Moody-Burton; Squire Richard-W. Palmer; Poundage-Castle; Lady Grace-Mrs W. Barry; Mrs Motherly-Mrs Cross; Trusty-Mrs Johnston; Myrtilla-Mrs Hippisley; Lady Wronghead-Mrs Hopkins; Miss Jenny-Miss Pope; Lady Townly-Mrs Barry.
Cast
Role: Sir Francis Actor: Love

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Dance: II: Turkish Dance-Dagueville, Sga Vidini

54
02 April 1770 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mr Love--Sir John Brute. A fat performance (and as Mr L--- says) he wanted breath to blow the Jokes out (Hopkins Diary). On 1 April 4 n[umbers] of Dramatic Censor published (Winston MS 10)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Performance Comment: As17691010, but Sir John Brute-Love, first time; Razor-Parsons; Lady Brute-Mrs Barry, first time.
Cast
Role: Sir John Brute Actor: Love, first time

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Dance: II: The Rabbit Sellers, as17691228

55
01 April 1771 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Love. Afterpiece: Not acted in 8 years [see 17 May 1762]; written by Dr Smollett

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Performance Comment: As17701122, but Touchstone-Love; Jaques-Aickin; William-Messink; Jaques de Boys-Fawcett; Audrey-Mrs Bradshaw.
Cast
Role: Touchstone Actor: Love
Role: JaJaques Actor: Love

Afterpiece Title: The Reprisals; or, The Tars of Old England

Performance Comment: Champignon-Baddeley; O'Clabber-Moody; Maclaymore-Love; Block-Parsons; Heartly-Davies; Brush-Ackman; Haulyard-Kear; Lyon-Keen; Donald-Wright; Harriet-Miss Platt.
Cast
Role: Maclaymore Actor: Love

Dance: I: Comic Dance, as17701025

56
18 March 1766 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Heroic Love; Or, The Cruel Separation

Performance Comment: Principal characters-Powell, Holland, Bensley, Love, Havard, Mrs Yates, Mrs Hopkins, Bransby, Burton, Strange.
Cast
Role: Principal characters Actor: Powell, Holland, Bensley, Love, Havard, Mrs Yates, Mrs Hopkins, Bransby, Burton, Strange.

Afterpiece Title: The Choice

Performance Comment: Parts-Love, Havard, Packer, Mrs Love, Mrs Yates; Epilogue-; Sir Wm. Loveworth?-Yates; Young Loveworth?-Havard; Woodvil?-Packer; Clarissa?-Mrs Yates; Mrs Woodvil?-Mrs Love; Epilogue-Mrs Yates. See17650323.
Cast
Role: Parts Actor: Love, Havard, Packer, Mrs Love, Mrs Yates
Role: Loveworth? Actor: Yates
Role: Young Loveworth? Actor: Havard
Role: Mrs Woodvil? Actor: Mrs Love

57
13 August 1788 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Barber

Afterpiece Title: Love and War

Performance Comment: Love: Goldsmith's poem of Edwin and Angelina. Scene, A Hermit's Cell. Edwin-A Young Gentleman (1st appearance on any stage unidentified); Angelina-Mrs Plomer; War: Scene I. A Sea-port. Officers carousing. O say Bonny Lass-; Scene II. A Village. Serjeant-Davies; Country Lasses-Mrs Gaudry; Milkmaid-Miss Collett; Admiral Benbow-Bannister; A new dance, The British Soldier Triumphant-Byrn, Ratchford, Miss DeCamp, Mrs Goodwin.

Afterpiece Title: Gretna Green

58
12 January 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Cast
Role: Nurse Actor: Mrs Love

Afterpiece Title: The Critic

59
24 May 1784 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Cast
Role: Nurse Actor: Mrs Love

Afterpiece Title: All the World's a Stage

Song: End of Act II of mainpiece The Merry Roundelay, by Miss Barnes

60
03 June 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Serjeant

Afterpiece Title: Love for Love

Cast
Role: Dorcas Actor: Mrs Love

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Yorkshireman

Performance Comment: Gaylove-Sedgwick; Blunder-Moody; Muckworm-Suett; Slango-R. Palmer; Squire Sapscull-Dodd; Combrush-Miss Romanzini; Arabella-Mrs Crouch.
Cast
Role: Gaylove Actor: Sedgwick

Song: End II 2nd piece: Wake Sons of Odin (composed by Stevens)-Sedgwick

61
28 November 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [Mainpiece in place of Love for Love, announced on playbill of 27 Nov.] Receipts: #85 10s. (56.1; 28.14; 0.15)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Cast
Role: Altea Actor: Mrs Love

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

Performance Comment: Henry-Vernon; Russet-Bannister; Skirmish-Parsons; Simkin-Fawcett; Flint-Wright; Jenny-Mrs Wrighten; Margaret-Mrs Love; Louisa-Miss Collett.
Cast
Role: Margaret Actor: Mrs Love

62
17 September 1763 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: MMrs Love play'd Mrs Peachum very bad. Her fit seem'd a very Aukward Imitation of Mrs Pritchard in the Jealous Wife (Hopkins). Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. Gallery 2s. Upper Gallery 1s. No money received at the Stage Door. None returned after the curtain is up. Play to begin exactly at 6 o'clock. Places may be had of Mr Johnston at the Stage Door. Vivat Rex et Regina. [Customary notice, which will not be repeated here, Sept. 15 David Garrick & his Lady set out for Italy from his house in Southampton St. Covent Garden (Winston MS 9). Winston also refers to a Sept. 9 Letter from T. Davies, cg, to the poet Charles Churchill begging he would not introduce so unimportant a person as himself in his Smithfield Rosciad.] Receipts: #248 9s. (Cross Diary)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: Macheath-Vernon; Peachum-Yates; Lockit-Bransby; Filch-Parsons; Mat@o@Mint-Fox; Beggar-Burton; Player-Castle; Drawer-Master Burton; Lucy-Mrs Clive; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Love, first time; Polly-Mrs Vincent; Diana Trapes-Mrs Bradshaw; In Act III a Hornpipe-Miss Dawson; To conclude with a Country Dance-.
Cast
Role: Mrs Peachum Actor: Mrs Love, first time

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Performance Comment: Fribble-Obrien; Flash-King; Capt. Loveit-Packer; Puff-Moody; Jasper-Ackman; Tag-Mrs Bennet; Biddy-Miss Pope.
Cast
Role: Loveit Actor: Packer

63
22 April 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Cast
Role: Deborah Actor: Mrs Love

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Dance: II: New Comic Dance, as17681210

64
09 May 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Cast
Role: Deborah Actor: Mrs Love

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Cast
Role: Young Lovel Actor: Cautherly

Dance: II: A New Dance-Tassoni, Sga Giorgi

65
25 October 1770 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted in two years.[See 27 April 1768.] Afterpiece: Altered from Richard Brome's Jovial Crew by James Love. [Dance.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Theodosius

Afterpiece Title: The Ladies' Frolick

Performance Comment: Oliver-Dodd; Justice Clack-Parsons; Hilliard-Bannister; Vincent-Davies; Beggars-Wright, Waldron, Kear, Booth, Messink, Mrs Bradshaw, Mrs Love; Meriel-Miss Rogers; Rachel-Miss Radley; In Act I, a Crutch Dance-.
Cast
Role: Beggars Actor: Wright, Waldron, Kear, Booth, Messink, Mrs Bradshaw, Mrs Love

Dance: End: A Comic Dance-two children, scholars of Daigville

66
16 October 1771 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Cast
Role: Deborah Woodcock Actor: Mrs Love

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

Dance: II: Comic Dance, as17710921

67
06 December 1771 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [Theatrical Review, 6 Dec.: re afterpiece: "Thomas is well supported by Mr Vernon who...is the best acting singer on the stage...Mr Davies appeared for the first time in the character of the squire, and discovered no inconsiderable degree of merit.--Dorcas by Mrs Love--This character is better played here by Mrs Dorman. [Both surpassed by Mrs Thomson at cg.] Mrs Scott does justice to the songs, being an accomplished singer, but as an actress she is insufferably insipid and inanimate."] Paid Mr Russell for men's cloaths #30; Paid Mr Follett on note #10 10s.; 2 Clarinets 6 nights (2nd incl.) #9 9s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #243 19s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Cast
Role: Strictland Actor: Love
Role: Lucetta Actor: Mrs Love

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

Performance Comment: Thomas-Vernon; Squire-Davies; 1st time; Dorcas-Mrs Love; Sally-Mrs Scott; To conclude with a dance-incidental to the Piece.
Cast
Role: Dorcas Actor: Mrs Love

68
18 May 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Cast
Role: Deborah Woodcock Actor: Mrs Love

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Dance: II: Comic Dance, as17720326

Song: III: By Particular Desire, O What a charming Thing's a Battle-Bannister

69
02 May 1775 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Cast
Role: Deborah Actor: Mrs Love

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

Cast
Role: John's Wife Actor: Mrs Love
Role: Lover Actor: Messink
Role: Margery Actor: Mrs Love.

Dance: II: The Pirates, as17750422

70
22 May 1775 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Cast
Role: Deborah Actor: Mrs Love

Afterpiece Title: The Note of Hand

Dance: II: The Pirates, as17750422

71
24 November 1775 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Cast
Role: Deborah Actor: Mrs Love

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Dance: II: The Savage Hunters, as17751118

72
20 May 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Cast
Role: Deborah Actor: Mrs Love

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Cast
Role: Loveit Actor: Davies
Role: Tag Actor: Mrs Love.

Dance: II: The Sailors Revels, as17751220

73
31 October 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Cast
Role: Mrs Furrow Actor: Mrs Love

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton

Dance: Country Dance, as17760926; End II: The Irish Fair-Blurton, Mrs Sutton

74
20 August 1777 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Cast
Role: Deborah Woodcock Actor: Mrs Love

Afterpiece Title: Lilliput

Dance: As17770812

75
25 April 1778 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Cast
Role: Deborah Woodcock Actor: Mrs Love

Afterpiece Title: The Quaker

Cast
Role: Cicely Actor: Mrs Love

Dance: End II: The Sailors' Revels-Blurton